About Division Europe
FIFPro Division Europe consists of 24 member associations. There is one candidate member (Serbia) and there are four observers (Georgia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro and Ukraine). The division board is led by president Philippe Piat, the other members of the board are Mads Øland, Bobby Barnes, Maria Tsigoni Rella, Joachim Evangelista y Tony Higgins.
On Division Europe’s priority list are a number of important topics. On a political level FIFPro mostly focuses on the...
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Wednesday 07 December 2011
Barcelona’s youngsters also voted for World XI
It was a special match for Barcelona, as the Spanish and European champions beat BATE Borisov 4-0 while playing almost their entire youth team. Recently, these players participated in the vote for the FIFA FIFPro World XI.
Wednesday 07 December 2011
Swiss talent Shaqiri picks up 3 Golden Player Awards
The Swiss professional footballers’ association SAFP handed out its Swiss Golden Player Awards 2011. Xherdan Shaqiri is the youngest winner ever of this Best Player Award.
Monday 05 December 2011
Spain: simplified procedure of contract termination
In Spain, the expedited contract termination procedure approved by AFE and LPF enters into force on 15 December.This is one of the agreements that were made between the AFE and the LFP on 25 August.
Tuesday 29 November 2011
FIFPro to show FIFA, UEFA video of Gogniev abuse
FIFPro strongly urges FIFA and UEFA to take a stand regarding the physical abuse on Spartak Gogniev and the Russian Football Federation ruling. FIFPro will show FIFA and UEFA a video with footage of the attack on the player.
Tuesday 29 November 2011
‘Violence against players is unacceptable’
‘Now that we have seen this video, we are totally baffled’, says FIFPro Division Europe president Philippe Piat after having seen the images of the ill-treatment of Spartak Gogniev, a footballer of Russian club FC Krasnodar.